Verboticism: Threshscold

'Daddy? No it's mommy!'

DEFINITION: v. The moment when a child realizes that they are turning into their mother, or father, or both! n. To suddenly realize that you are turning into your parents.

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Threshscold

Lapper

Created by: Lapper

Pronunciation: THRESH-skold

Sentence: Mary was in the middle of critizing her son's eating habits when she hit the threshscold; running screaming to the bathroom.

Etymology: Threshold and scold.

Points: 608

Comments: Threshscold

Jabberwocky - 2007-07-02: 11:01:00
wasn't that a Moody Blues album "On the Threshcold of a Scream" ?

Lapper - 2007-07-07: 23:50:00
I can honestly say that I've never heard of that band or that album, but it is unfortunate that it's not as original as I thought it was.